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63Text messaging
Your BT Elements 1K can send and receive text
messages from participating networks and
compatible landline telephones in the UK. The
fixed line text service is provided under BT’s terms
and conditions for telephone service. These can be
found by visiting the bt.com website at
bt.com/terms. There is no subscription charge
(other than the subscription to Caller Display).
Visit bt.com to find out how much it costs to send
a text message, the cost will depend on your
call package.
All messages in the inbox and sent folders are
synchronised across all handsets registered to the
base. Additions and deletions made on one handset
are synchronised across all registered handsets.
Draft messages remain local to each handset.
Register to the text messaging service
You will have been prompted to register for the
text messaging service when you first set up your
phone. If you chose not to register during set up,
you can register following these instructions:
1. Select Menu, scroll
to display Text messages
and press Select.
IMPORTANT
You must subscribe to your
network provider’s Caller
Display service to use text
messaging and you must
not withhold your telephone
number. A fee may be payable,
please contact your network
provider for more details.
You may also send messages to
landline phones that are NOT
text compatible. Messages to
non-compatible lines will be
delivered in spoken words to
the telephone as a call. Please
note that the conversion can
translate common abbreviations
and smileys etc, but to ensure
maximum clarity of message
delivery, abbreviations should
be used sparingly.